How to find a group with generators and relations fulfilling several properties?

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I would like to ask the following question:

Let $G:= \langle x,y \mid \text{some relations} \rangle$.

Is it possible to find a group $G$ as above fulfilling the following criteria simultaneously?

  • The order $o(x)$ of the element $x$ is finite: $o(x) < \infty$

  • $o(y) < \infty$

  • $ N:= \langle x^2 \rangle \unlhd G$

  • $ |G|=\infty$

  • $ |G/N| < \infty$

When I tried to find such a group $G$, I always ended up with a finite group $G$, but I would like to have $|G|=\infty$.

Thank you very much for the help.

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Since $\lvert x\rvert$ is finite and $N=\langle g= x^2\rangle\unlhd G$ is cyclic, we have

$$g^{\frac{\lvert x\rvert}{2}}=(x^2)^{\frac{\lvert x\rvert}{2}}=x^{\lvert x\rvert}=e,$$

so that $\lvert N\rvert$ is finite. But now

$$\begin{align} \lvert G\rvert&=[G:N]\lvert N\rvert\\ &=\lvert G/N\rvert\lvert N\rvert\\ &<\infty, \end{align}$$

a contradiction.